Hyderabad becomes online with a link to the Gulf. Jeddah service AI-826 of Thursday extended to Hyderabad / Bombay / Hyderabad / Bombay sectors will be operated with Airbus. Bombay / Jeddah / Bombay will be operated with Boeing 747-200.

1 July 1985

Two Evergreen International Airlines DC-8 Series '63 and Series '73 all-cargo wet-leased in place of Overseas National aircraft.

14 June 1985

A new wing hangar near the new International Passenger Terminal at Bombay opened by Mr. H.C. Kapoor, Director of Engineering.

5 February 1985

Weekly Air India service to Lusaka withdrawn and replaced with Air India / Zambia Airways joint weekly DC-10 service.

27 October 1985

Aden became off-line.

30 June 1985

Operations to Toronto suspended.

8 April 1985

Contract for six Airbus A310-300 aircraft signed in Bombay. Capt. D.Bose, Managing Director signed on behalf of Air India and Mr. Ranjit Jayaratnam, General Sales Manager on behalf of the Airbus Industry. The first of the six A310-300 ordered will be delivered
to Air India in February 1986, two in April 1986 and the rest before the end of the year.

19 January 1985

Toronto became online. Once a week Montreal service AI-181 re-routed to include Toronto as a stop. The first service with Boeing 747 VT EBN "Rajendra Chola" operated on the routing Bombay / Delhi / Frankfurt / Toronto / Montreal. The return flight route:
Montreal / London / Delhi / Bombay.